Welfare reform and beyond : the future of the safety net / Isabel V. Sawhill ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brookings Institution.

Sawhill, Isabel V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.

Welfare recipients.

Aid to families with dependent children programs--Law and legislation--United States.

Aid to families with dependent children programs.

Public welfare administration--Law and legislation--United States.

Public welfare administration.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Future of the safety net

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform legislation. The goal of the project has been to take the large volume of existing and forthcoming research studies and shape them into a more coherent and policy-oriented whole. This capstone collection gathers twenty brief essays (published between January 2001 and February 2002) that focus on assessing the record of welfare reform, specific issues likely to be debated before the TANF reauthorization, and a broader set of policy options for low-income families. It is a reader-friendly volume that will provide policymakers, the press, and the interested public with a comprehensive guide to the numerous issues that must be addressed as Congress considers the future of the nation's antipoverty policies. The collection covers the following topics and features a new introduction from the editors: - An Overview of Effects to Date - Welfare Reform Reauthorization: An Overview of Problems and Issues - A Tax Proposal for Working Families with Children - Welfare Reform and Poverty - Reducing Non-Marital Births - Which Welfare Reforms are Best for Children? - Welfare and the Economy - What Can Be Done to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Out-of-Wedlock Births? - Changing Welfare Offices - State Programs - Welfare Reform and Employment - Fragile Families, Welfare Reform, and Marriage - Health Insurance, Welfare, and Work - Helping the Hard-to-Employ - Sanctions and Welfare Reform - Child Care and Welfare Reform - Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform - Housing and Welfare Reform - Non-Citizens - Block Grant Structure

- Food Stamps - Work Support System - Possible Welfare Re.

Contents:

""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""PART I: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY""; ""An Overview""; ""Results to Date""; ""Problems and Issues for Reauthorization""; ""PART II: STATE RESPONSES""; ""State Policy Choices Under Welfare Reform""; ""Changing Welfare Offices""; ""Sanctions and Welfare Reform""; ""PART III: RESULTS TO DATE""; ""Welfare Reform and Poverty""; ""Which Welfare Reforms are Best for Children?""; ""From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows""; ""PART IV: TANF FUNDING AND THE ECONOMY""; ""The Structure of the TANF Block Grant""; ""Welfare and the Economy""

""PART V: ENCOURAGING AND REWARDING WORK""""Welfare Reform and the Work Support System""; ""The Role of Education and Training in Welfare Reform""; ""Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform""; ""Helping the Hard- to- Employ""; ""PART VI: FAMILY FORMATION""; ""Reducing Non- Marital Births""; ""Fragile Families, Welfare Reform, and Marriage""; ""What Can Be Done to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Out- of- Wedlock Births?""; ""PART VII: RELATED PROGRAMS""; ""Food Stamps and Welfare Reform""; ""Health Insurance, Welfare, and Work""; ""Child Care and Welfare Reform""

""Welfare Reform and Housing""""Welfare Benefits for Non- citizens""; ""Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780815798828

0815798822

OCLC:

53706055